Meteorologists say they are receiving death threats for debunking a wild conspiracy theory that they and the government are somehow behind the devastating hurricanes that hit the United States.
“Killing meteorologists doesn't stop hurricanes,” said Katie Nicholaw, a meteorologist in Michigan. I wrote to X along with a screenshot of one threat she received earlier this week.
“I can't believe I had to type that.”
The post, directed at Nicolaou, who works for the WLNS television station, called on others to “hold their breath for the people who created them and their affiliates.”
Meanwhile, Washington, D.C.-based meteorologist Matthew Cappucci said he has received hundreds of messages from people accusing him of altering the weather to create hurricanes with space lasers.
“It is disappointing and sad that I post hurricane forecasts and people accuse me of working for the Illuminati secret organization to cause the hurricanes, and it leads to a decline in public trust.” Cappucci said. told Rolling Stone magazine.
And James Spann, a veteran meteorologist in Alabama, said he faced a barrage of warnings to “stop lying about the government controlling the weather or anything else.”
“I've been doing this job for 46 years and nothing like this has ever happened,” Spann, who works for WBMA, told the magazine.
“Working under high stress conditions for weeks on just a few hours of sleep and then dealing with the threats that come your way can be overwhelming.”
Conspiracy theories are gaining momentum after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested that the series of severe storms that struck Milton this week on the heels of Hurricane Helen were a controlled event. .
“Yes, they can control the weather. It's ridiculous to lie and say it's not possible,” she said. I wrote it in last week's post It has currently been viewed 43.5 million times.
